Author: Sean Palmerston

  • Toxic Holocaust – Conjure and Command

    Simply put, Conjure and Command is Joel Grind at his most vicious and it’s Toxic Holocaust’s most noticeable album to date. Whatever’s pissing this dude off we’re lucky to be reaping all the benefits.

  • The Wrecking Ball! Scream UnFestival event @ Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, July 9, 2011

    On July 9th, a special arts event happened in Toronto called The Wrecking Ball, which was half literary event, half metal show. Hellbound’s Laura Wiebe was there to soak in the evening’s festivities, which featured poetry readings alongside live performances by the likes of Sylvus, Vilipend and Ein Traum. All photography by Adam Wills.

  • Ten Reasons Not To Miss HEAVY T.O. This Weekend

    Here are ten reasons not to miss the HEAVY T.O. festival at Toronto’s Downview Park this weekend

  • Rhapsody of Fire – From Chaos To Eternity

    I have to admit that it’s pretty bittersweet, as good as From Chaos to Eternity is; I feel it should have been a bit more epic. The finale to such a huge, sweeping overall piece of musical work, in my mind should have been much grander.

  • Lake Of Blood/ Tempest @ Garbage Mountain, Vancouver BC, June 11, 2011

    “Lake of Blood’s performance was entirely mesmerizing: guitarists Nordic and Samael, and bassist Krajavic appear to weave themselves into trances through the set. And singer Haagr is a man possessed, tearing his throat out baying at the sky. The music is full of nuance and subtlety at times too, and I hear definite hints of…

  • Obscura – Omnivium

    One believes that what makes Omnivium a successful album is that it is willing to take chances, whether it be playing a slower, more intricate melodic passage when the listener is expecting a battering ram riff, or indoctrinating your ears with further gravity blast bliss and shredding guitar when the average human’s arms and headbanging…

  • Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned – 30 Weight

    Not quite what I expected, sort of a subpar Danzig I with a coupla country-fried tunes tacked on to the end.

  • Today Is The Day European Tour Diary 2011, Part Three

    In April, Jay H. Gorania headed to Europe to flog merchandise for TODAY IS THE DAY on their tour. Now that he’s back and had time to get used to regular life again, Mr. Gorania has written a tour diary for Hellbound.ca. Here is his third and final entry from the tour.

  • Mayan – Quarterpast

    It may take a few spins to really grasp it, but Quarterpast has enough major virtues making the effort worthwhile. Hopefully, if Mayan does decide to put out a second album they can smooth out the creases

  • Hail! Hornet – Disperse the Curse

    What do you get when you cross Dixie Dave with T-Roy Medlin? Well, whatever it is, it can be found in Hail! Hornet, a Carolina sludge supergroup combining the forces of two of the state’s biggest names with a couple former members of Sourvein and Alabama Thunderpussy.